Looking for some advice

[bobbercrazy23]

I hav a problem with my dog she'll tree by sight on a cage coon but wont tree by smell. last nite i let a coon go for her and she chased it into a hollowed out tree and she couldn't see it so she sniffed it a little bit and left to go chase the mule deer that were watching us. does anyone have a solution to keep her at a tree or a hole

[luvthehunt33]

Well if you want her to hunt more by smell then I would suggest to get some coon pee and put it on a rag or towel and let her smell it for a while then drag it on the ground and try to get her to follow it. Try doing this for a while and it should get her to stay because she knows what the smell is and she is supposed to stay there.

[zsulliv]

coon pee on rag works but dont do it to much. I take a caged coon and put a TOWEL UNDER the cage and let the coon get its stink on the towel for a day or two. THen I take the coon up in the hills and drag the towel behind the truck for a couple miles. Then I take it off the road and drag it up a tree. I also put the caged coon in the tree. I let the dogs find the coon and make sure they are doing it correct. when they do all the things that a coon dog should do, I tie the dogs of and lower the coon, release the coon after about 2 to 5 mins of loving and petting the dogs. They then tree the coon again and I shoot it. That is how I have trained my dogs. Its alot of fun.